House of the Rising Sun The Animals Suggested strum D-DUDUD-D-D: Intro: [Am] [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 1: There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F] They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun[E7] And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor boy [F] And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 2: My [Am] mother [C] was a [D] tailor [F] She [Am] sewed my [C] new blue [E7] jeans[E7] My [Am] father [C] was a [D] gambling [F] man [Am] Down in [E7] New Or[Am]leans [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 3: Now the [Am]only [C]thing a [D]gambler [F]needs Is a [Am]suitcase [C]and a [E7]trunk [E7] And the [Am]only [C]time [D]he's satis[F]fied Is [Am]when he's [E7]all [Am]drunk [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] [Instrumental] [Am][C][D][F][Am][C][E7][E7] [Am][C][D][F][Am][E7][Am] [C][D][F][Am][E7][Am][E7] Verse 4: Oh [Am] mother [C] tell your [D] children [F] Not to [Am] do what [C] I have [E7] done [E7] [Am] Spend your [C] lives in [D] sin and mise[F]ry In the [Am] house of the [E7] Rising [Am] Sun [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 5: Well I got [Am] one foot [C] on the [D] platform [F] And the [Am] other [C] foot on the [E7] train [E7] I’m [Am] going [C] back to [D] New Orleans [F] To [Am] wear that [E7] ball and [Am] chain [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [E7] Verse 6: There [Am] is a [C] house in [D] New Orleans [F] They [Am] call the [C] Rising [E7] Sun [E7] And it’s [Am] been the [C] ruin of [D] many a poor [F] boy And [Am] God I [E7] know I’m [Am] one Outro Instrumental: [C] [D] [F] [Am] [E7] [Am] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Am*]